Awarded

Music is its own language of time ordered by sound. The language becomes richer when effectively communicated through a perfected combination of lyrics, emotion, phrasing and rhythm. Unite this with an expression of personality, attitude and spirit of a culture. This is the very essence of the music of Michael Matone, who in fact has learned from the legendary and not so legendary of the late 20th century: Frank Sinatra, Clarke Andrews, Joe Matone and those who helped along the way.